34. The voluntary subjects shall be valued as follows: One second foreign language, French or German .. 2 2 2 35. No obligatory subject shall gain a cadet any marks unless he obtain a minimum of one-half marks in it. 36. No cadet will be ensured a commission unless he qualify by obtaining at least one-half marks in the obligatory course in Mathematics and Mechanics, Fortification and Artillery, and onehalf of the total aggregate of the marks allotted to all the obligatory subjects. 37. No voluntary subject shall gain a cadet any marks unless he obtain a minimum of at least one-third of the marks assigned to that portion of it in which he is examined. The marks gained in the voluntary subjects will be added to those obtained in the obligatory subjects to make a second total, according to which cadets shall be finally placed. 38. The periodical Examinations will be entirely conducted by Examiners independent of the Academy, the whole of the marks, except those reserved for note-books and drawing being allotted according to their results. 39. No person whatever belonging to the Royal Military Academy is to receive a present from any cadet, or from the relations or friends of any cadet. WAR OFFICE, 15TH FEBRUARY, 1870. EDWARD LUGARD. 45 GENERAL NOTE. The following statement of limits of age and subjects of examination is correct according to the latest information; it would appear, however, that when vacancies, particularly in the class of clerks in offices subject to open competition, are filled up, the rules will be made to correspond more or less with the two main divisions, Class I. and Class II., pages 5 and 8. There is, however, so wide a difference between these two schemes, and so many existing schemes fall nearly evenly between them, that notwithstanding the apparently exhaustive character of the New Regulations, it hardly seems safe to conclude that all offices will be recruited by means of them. The existing schemes for offices in Schedule A, that is, open competitive offices, whose position is not yet settled, are therefore given to indicate their existing relation to each other, and in the belief that the different schemes will not be entirely abrogated. In offices where nomination still prevails, there is less likelihood of this change in the rules. Clerks ADMIRALTY. Open Competition. Limits of Age.* Draughtsmen in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office Clerks and Draughtsmen (Department of the Director of Examiners of Store Accounts See note as to alterations, above. (t) Candidates will be required to pass a preliminary test Examination in the subjects marked (t). I. CLERKS, WHITEHALL: (t) 1. Writing from Dictation. (t) 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). (t) 4. Précis. (t) 5. Translation from Latin or some Modern Foreign Language. 7. English and General History. 8. Algebra, Euclid, or any branch of Mathematics or Science. II. CLERKS AT SOMERSET HOUSE (DEPARTMENTS OF THE CONTROLLER OF THE NAVY, ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL, STOREKEEPER-GENERAL, CONTROLLER OF VICTUALLING, MEDICAL DIRECTOR-GENERAL, COAST GUARD OFFICE, &c.): (t) 1. Writing from Dictation. (t) 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 7. English and General History. 8. Algebra, Euclid, or any branch of Mathematics or Science. 9. Translation from Latin or from some Modern Foreign Language. III. CLERKS IN DOCKYARDS, VICTUALLING YARDS, AND NAVAL HOSPITALS AT HOME: (t) 1. Writing from Dictation. (t) 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). (t) 3. Book-keeping by Double Entry. (t) 4. English Composition. (t) 5. Précis. IV. CLERKS IN DOCKYARDS, &C., ABROAD: 1. Writing from Dictation. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3. Book-keeping. V. SCHOOLMASTERS IN DOCKYARDS AND GREENWICH HOSPITAL: 1. Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic and Mensuration. 3. Grammar and Analysis of Sentences. 4. English Composition. 5. Physical and Political Geography of the World, especially of England and Europe. * See note as to alterations, p. 45. 6. English History. 7. Euclid (Books I.-IV. and VI. and first 21 Prop. of XI.). 9. Plane Trigonometry. 10. Differential and Integral Calculus (Elementary) and Plane, Coordinate Geometry (Elementary). 11. Mechanics and Hydrostatics (Elementary). They will also be competitively examined in the following subjects; and although it will not be necessary for each candidate to have a knowledge of these latter subjects, a high value will be set on them :— 12. Plane Trigonometry (Analytical), and Spherical Trigonometry. 13. Plane Co-ordinate Geometry (more advanced), and Analytical Geometry of three dimensions. 14. Differential and Integral Calculus (more advanced), and the easier Differential Equations. 15. Higher Mechanics and Hydrostatics. 16. Elementary Chemistry and Physics. VI. SCHOOLMASTERS AT NAVAL PRISON, LEWES: 1. Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Reading, 3. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 4. Grammar and English Language. 5. Religious Knowledge (the Bible). 6. School Management. 7. Two at least of the following (at the option of the candidates) :English History; Geography; Elements of Geometry, or of some branch of Mathematics; VII. DRAUGHTSMEN IN THE ADMIRALTY HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE: 1. Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3. Geography. 4. Map and Chart Projection. 5. Practical Geometry. 6. Topographical Plan Drawing. Translation from French, Spanish, or some Modern Foreign Language (desirable, but not positively necessary). VIII. DRAUGHTSMEN IN THE OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER OF THE NAVY: 1. Writing from Dictation. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3. Mathematics [Mensuration of Surfaces and Solids; Algebra, including Quadratic Equations; Euclid, Books I.-IV. and VI., with deductions; Elementary Statics, Dynamics, Hydrostatics, and Plane Trigonometry; the use of common Logarithms; and Descriptive Geometry of the straight line and plane; textbook, Dr. Woolley's]. 4. Précis. 5. Practical Shipbuilding (wood and iron). 6. Laying off Ships. 7. Calculation of Displacements, Weights, and Stability. 8. Designs for Ships. 9. Neatness and dexterity in making and copying ships' drawings. IX. DRAUGHTSMEN IN STEAM BRANCH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE CONTROLLER OF THE NAVY: 1. Exercises to test Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions and Square and Cube Root). 3. Mechanical Drawing. X. EXAMINERS OF STORE ACCOUNTS: 1. Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). XI. ASSISTANT DISPENSERS: 1. Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). XII. SECOND-CLASS COMPUTERS IN NAUTICAL ALMANAC OFFICE: 1. Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3. Logarithms (The Use of Tables as regards Numbers). XIII. CLERKS OF THE WORKS: 1. Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3. Mensuration of Plane Surfaces and Simple Solids. 4. Practical Geometry. 5. Designs of simple structures of masonry, brick, or wood, illustrated by plans, sections, and elevations, with specification and conditions for letting the Work by contract. 6. Working drawings of particular parts of buildings. 7. Measurement of builder's work. 8. Estimating builder's work. 9. Artificer's work (nature of the tools required, the proportion of labour and materials required for any particular kind of work). 10. Modes of judging of the quality of building materials, calculation of the sections of metals and timber to resist strains. XIV. FOREMEN OF WORKS IN A DOCKYARD: 1. Writing from Dictation. 2. Arithmetic, Designing, Plan Drawing, and Mensuration. XV. STORE ISSUERS: 1. Writing. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). |